Impact of the Oil Industry on Poverty Reduction in the Cross-Border Regions of Kazakhstan and Russia

Student: Aisin Marat

Supervisor: Victor Attila Albert

Educational Programme: Political Analysis and Public Policy (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2017

This research focuses on the oil-dependent economy of Kazakhstan and country’s growing poverty as its unfortunate side-effect. This paper critically examines and contrasts governments measures and lack of thereof to address these issues. This paper call on the government of Kazakhstan to treat poverty as a societal phenomenon, while simultaneously the elephant in the room – country’s stagnating economic growth.

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